djgarcia wrote: Instead of walkie talkies, I prefer using a CB in my truck and my partner has a hand held CB to communicate, especially when backing up with the 5th. wheel. The truck CB allows me to stay informed about road conditions/accidents etc etc.
Ya gotta be really dedicated to leave a CB "ON" while traveling..
There was a time when CB was . . minimally - "OK" for what you indicate, but then (as now) the channels are filled with garbage talk of all sorts - some with high wattage output linear and really foul.
I'll pass - but if it works for you - that's great!.
Flight Control: Flight 209 you're clear for takeoff.
Clarence Oveur: Roger.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
FC: LA departure frequency 123.9.
Clarence Oveur: Roger.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Victor Basta: Request vector, over.
Clarence Oveur: What?
FC: Flight 209 clear for vector 324.
Roger Murdock: We have clearance, Clarence.
Clarence Oveur: Roger, Roger, what's our vector, victor?
FC: Now we're in radio clearance, over.
Clarence Oveur: That's Clarence Oveur, over.
Victor Basta: Roger.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
FC: Roger, over.
Clarence Oveur: What?
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Victor Basta: Who?
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Instead of walkie talkies, I prefer using a CB in my truck and my partner has a hand held CB to communicate, especially when backing up with the 5th. wheel. The truck CB allows me to stay informed about road conditions/accidents etc etc.
Ya gotta be really dedicated to leave a CB "ON" while traveling..
There was a time when CB was . . minimally - "OK" for what you indicate, but then (as now) the channels are filled with garbage talk of all sorts - some with high wattage output linear and really foul.
I'll pass - but if it works for you - that's great!.
Thats what the squelch conntrol is made for. You can Filter out when and what you want to listen to.
We use FRS/GMRS while parking and while in camp. On the road, listening to CB Radio has long been a thing that I do especially on the interstates. The thought that foul language runs amok is just not quite true, IMHO. Does it happen, sure, but it can be quite entertaining to say the least. There's not a truck driver alive that can shock me with anything they might say and if it gets to a point I dont want to hear it any longer, I simply turn it down, adjust the SQ or turn it off for a bit!
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We have two radios like picture in previous post.....got at CW for $25
Use them all the time from everything to backing, adjusting mirrors and letting other know when done in shower house....they say 14 mile range but 1-2 mile is good......we were going to use cell phones, but that one time you camp in the valley and do not get cell signal and oops occurs, that $25 will seem very cheap....
Acampingwewillgo wrote: We use FRS/GMRS while parking and while in camp. On the road, listening to CB Radio has long been a thing that I do especially on the interstates. The thought that foul language runs amok is just not quite true, IMHO. Does it happen, sure, but it can be quite entertaining to say the least. There's not a truck driver alive that can shock me with anything they might say and if it gets to a point I dont want to hear it any longer, I simply turn it down, adjust the SQ or turn it off for a bit!
x2. the foul language seems to be most prevalent in and around truck stops. but as we're whizzing by them at 65-mph it doesn't last long and if we're getting off at that exit we just turn off the CB. the radio provides good info on road conditions during bad weather or when wrecks occur. it's too bad that more RVers don't have or turn on their CB. there've been numerous times in just the last few years when i've tried to contact other RVers on CB who've had their TV antennas up and outside storage doors open but to no avail.
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We have used RV Headsets for the last two years and love them. Hands free and both of you can talk at the same time. The only downsides we have found is the range is limited to about 100 feet, you occasionally pick up a radio station (especially until both of them are turned on), and you can run the batteries down if you forget to turn them off. We use them to get into the site plus to help get the best signal when sighting in the tripod satellite antenna - no screaming, no hand signals - just a relaxed conversation every time.
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The "over" part is a good idea but what if she just said "over" but as I back up she has to immediately say "STOP! STOP! over"
My DW has learned to keep the radio keyed while backing me in. That way I can hear all she has to say. I asked her to keep talking to me until I get parked correctly.
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djgarcia wrote: Instead of walkie talkies, I prefer using a CB in my truck and my partner has a hand held CB to communicate, especially when backing up with the 5th. wheel. The truck CB allows me to stay informed about road conditions/accidents etc etc.
Ya gotta be really dedicated to leave a CB "ON" while traveling..
There was a time when CB was . . minimally - "OK" for what you indicate, but then (as now) the channels are filled with garbage talk of all sorts - some with high wattage output linear and really foul.
I'll pass - but if it works for you - that's great!.
Thats what the squelch conntrol is made for. You can Filter out when and what you want to listen to.
Wow! Gee thanks for the tip - ROTFL...
LOL - in this case - "Lots Of Linear" did (don't know anymore) seemed to tromp squelch.
Since you're in CA - there used to be a guy with (obviously, due to power output) a home based CB transmitter somewhere near San Berdo that could be heard for miles - and miles, and miles.
Capable of "walking over" anyone he chose. Foul as foul could be!
Real PITA. There had to have been complaints to the FCC (?), and I'm sure if truckers got hold of him he would have been DRT (Dead Right There).
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Then for the *other* "LOL" - returning from Glamis - our group had been using a "pre-selected" channel for keeping track of each other on the way down.
We left Glamis at different times - thought I would see if anyone from our group was within range turned on the CB (on "our" channel).
Approaching the Banning scales which had a long back-up of trucks,
a couple of truckers were in line and discussing where they would "score" some dope when they got to LA - on what they thought was a channel nobody else was using.
Picked up the mic, said I was in the Freightshaker about 5 trucks back and when we got to the scales, I was gonna come up and kick somebody's a** for making truckers look bad.
Of course, I was in a pickup passing the scales - but they didn't know that . . . there was some spontaneous retractions - "Ha ha, we're just joking, etc., etc.".
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My last "CB trip" was in the 90's - had it on from CA to FL - then up the East Coast - not one piece of useful info.
Maybe I'm lucky, don't speed, somehow avoid accidents, or?
Anyway - the CB was permanently "squelched" somewhere around NJ - never to be used again!..
If you're happy with your CB "ears" on going down the road - outstanding! Dyno-mite!.
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